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| Amnesty International |
According an statement is published on 2 June 2015 by
Amnesty International two Iranian women both jailed for more than ten years in Iran for anti-government views must be released immediately
Cartoonist Atena Farghadani has been condemned to more than 12 years in prison, and Atena Daemi to more than ten years in prison, both guilty of 'peaceful activism' that are in violation of their rights to free expression and association, the human rights body said.
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, added: "Atena Farghadani has effectively been punished for her cartoons with a sentence that is itself a rugged caricature of justice. No one should be in prison for their art or irenic activism.
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